Summary:
Zip code 67838 includes three schools in Deerfield, Kansas—Deerfield Elementary (PK–5), Deerfield Middle School (6–8), and Deerfield High (9–12)—with 244 students altogether. Because the schools cover different grade spans, their all-grade results are not fully like-for-like. Across the three schools, average proficiency is 26% in ELA versus 46% statewide, 17% in math versus 41%, and 30% in science versus 38%. The most important area-wide concern is math, where the average trails the state by 24 percentage points.
Which school stands out depends on the subject: Deerfield Middle School leads all-grade ELA at 33%, 18 points above Deerfield High at 15%; Deerfield Elementary leads math at 28%, compared with 22% at the middle school and 0% at the high school. Elementary also leads science at 38%, 17 points above the middle school’s 21%, and is essentially level with the state’s 38%. Grade-specific results reveal exceptions: the middle school’s eighth-grade math is just 1 point below the state comparison, while the high school’s 11th-grade science is 1 point above it.
Recent trends favor the middle school: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, its ELA rose 11 points and math rose 20, while elementary ELA and math fell 11 and 4 points, and high-school ELA and math fell 14 and 6 points. Across the schools, average ELA moved farther from the state benchmark, while average math moved slightly closer. SchoolDigger ranks the elementary, middle, and high schools at the 18th, 17th, and 14th percentiles statewide, respectively. Enrollment and context also differ: student-teacher ratios range from 7.8 at the high school to 12.2 at the elementary school, while free/reduced-lunch rates range from 68% at the high school to 81% at the elementary school; these figures do not line up with one consistent pattern of test results.
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